Maxime Maheu est professeur adjoint à l’École d’orthophonie et d’audiologie de l’Université de Montréal et chercheur au CRIR–IURDPM. Audiologiste de formation, il se spécialise dans l’étude du système vestibulaire, qui joue un rôle central dans l’équilibre et la perception du mouvement. Ses recherches visent à mieux comprendre les mécanismes neurophysiologiques sous‑jacents aux vertiges persistants, en particulier ceux qui se développent à la suite d’une atteinte vestibulaire. En s’intéressant à la façon dont le cerveau s’adapte à ces perturbations, il cherche à expliquer pourquoi certains individus développent des symptômes chroniques invalidants.

À la croisée des neurosciences, de l’audiologie et de la réadaptation, ses travaux combinent des approches expérimentales rigoureuses et des contextes cliniques concrets. Il mobilise un ensemble de méthodes complémentaires, incluant la plateforme de force, la stimulation vestibulaire électrique, le video head impulse test, l’examen calorique, la vidéonystagmographie et les potentiels évoqués myogéniques vestibulaires, afin de caractériser les altérations du système vestibulaire. Ces outils permettent d’évaluer de manière complémentaire les diverses fonctions du système vestibulaire.

Parallèlement, il s’intéresse au développement et à l’évaluation de stratégies de réadaptation visant à réduire les symptômes et à favoriser le retour à un fonctionnement optimal. Ses travaux contribuent à identifier des interventions mieux ciblées, adaptées aux mécanismes spécifiques en jeu chez chaque patient. En collaborant étroitement avec des cliniciens, il assure un transfert efficace des connaissances, de la recherche fondamentale vers la pratique en milieu clinique.

À travers le Vestibulab, le laboratoire qu’il dirige, Maxime Maheu participe à la formation de la relève scientifique et clinique, tout en contribuant à l’avancement des connaissances dans le domaine des troubles de l’équilibre. Son programme de recherche s’inscrit dans une perspective translationnelle, visant ultimement à améliorer la qualité de vie des personnes vivant avec des vertiges et des troubles vestibulaires chroniques.

membre de l'Ordre des Orthophonistes et Audiologistes du Québec

Publications (avant 2017 - voir Pubmed)

Benteau T, Abdelfatah N, Griffin A, Penney C, Pingzhao H, Stanton SG, Zhai G, Maheu M, French CR, Young TL. (2026). Heterozygous nonsense mutation in the nuclear transport factor KPNA7, a maternal factor active in embryonic tissues, causes autosomal dominant otosclerosis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. ( Accepté)

Azar C, Paromov D, Maheu M, Bacon BA, Sharp A, Champoux F (2026). Musicians show enhanced auditory–motor integration during postural control 

Cedras AM*,Hullar TE, Gourdou P, Duclos C, Jamal K, Paromov D, Champoux F, Maheu M (2026). The effect of auditory cues on heading direction during stepping-in-place in healthy adults with experimentally induced vestibular asymmetry. Experimental Brain Research (Accepté)

Paromov D, Azar C, Bacon BA, Maheu M, Champoux F (2026). Musicians are better at using sounds as spatial body anchors. Brain Research.

Dion J*, Saliba I, Champoux F, Hullar TE, Maheu M (2025). Exploring slow-phase eye velocity and nystagmus duration following caloric irrigation in Ménière’s disease. Journal of Vestibular Research.

Cedras AM*, Dion J*, Saj A, Champoux F, Maheu M (2025). Vestibular agnosia: toward a better understanding of its mechanisms. Audiology Research.

Cedras AM*, Orsini C*, Paromov D, Bacon BA, Champoux F, Maheu M (2025). Direct current galvanic vestibular stimulation modulates auditory lateralization abilities. Scientific Reports.

Dion J*, Pierre AS*, Cedras AM*, Champoux F, Saliba I, Maheu M (2025). Quantification of vestibular perception during caloric test. Journal of Otology.

Paromov D, Augereau T, Moïn-Darbari K*, Maheu M, Bacon BA, Champoux F (2025). Musical training shapes spatial cognition. Cortex.

Paromov D, Bacon BA, Maheu M, Champoux F (2025). Spatial position modulates the benefits of auditory inputs for postural control. Ear & Hearing.

Moïn-Darbari K*, Paromov D, Bacon BA, Maheu M, Champoux F (2025). Motion sickness susceptibility modulates the impact of galvanic vestibular stimulation on postural control. Scientific Reports.

Moïn-Darbari K*, Bacon BA, Maheu M, Champoux F (2025). Dancers' resistance to vertigo cannot be explained by a generalized suppression of vestibular signaling. Neuroreport.

Paromov D, Augereau T, Moïn-Darbari K*, Bacon BA, Maheu M, Champoux F (2025). Sensory feedback curbs the impact of nGVS on postural control in older adults. Neuroscience. S0306-4522(25)00139-3. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2025.02.025.

Paromov D, Moïn-Darbari K*, Cedras AM, Maheu M, Bacon BA, Champoux F (2024). Protocol for exploring the connection between the auditory system and the representation of the body in space. Star Protocols – Cell Press, 5(4) :103412.

Orsini C*, Cedras AM*, Pierre AS*, Dion J*, Maheu M (2024). Analysis of head and eye dynamic may explain saccades in dizzy patients with normal VOR gain. American Journal of Otology. doi.org/10.1016/j.amjoto.2024.104503.

Orsini C*, Dion J*, Pierre AS*, Cedras AM*, Bacon BA, Champoux F, Maheu M (2024). Evaluating vestibulo-ocular reflex gain and catch-up saccades following head impulses in normal aging. Journal of vestibular research. doi:10.1177/09574271241295616.

Paromov D, Moïn-Darbari K*, Cedras AM*, Maheu M, Bacon BA, Champoux F (2024). Body representation drives auditory spatial perception. iScience , 27(3), 109196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109196.

Behtani L, Paromov D, Moïn-Darbari K*, Houde MS, Bacon BA, Maheu M, Leroux T, Champoux F (2024). Hearing Aid Amplification Improves Postural Control for Older Adults With Hearing Loss When Other Sensory Cues Are Impoverished. Trends in hearing, 28, 23312165241232219.

Moin-Darbari K*, Nooristani M, Bacon BA, Champoux F, Maheu M (2023). Long-term dance training modifies eye-head coordination in response to passive head impulse. Journal of neurophysiology, 130(4), 999–1007.

Behtani L, Paromov D, Moïn-Darbari K*, Houde MS, Bacon BA, Maheu M, Leroux T, Champoux F (2023). Sensory Reweighting for Postural Control in Older Adults with Age-Related Hearing Loss. Brain sciences, 13(12), 1623.

Bawazeer N, Gagnon C, Maheu M, Saliba I (2024). Click SP/AP Area Ratio vs Tone Burst SP Amplitude for The Diagnosis of Ménière's Disease by Using Electrocochleography. Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 171(2), 494–501. https://doi.org/10.1002/ohn.693.

Pierre AS*, Cedras AM*, Bacon BA, Champoux F, Maheu, M (2023). Vibration thresholds using conventional audiometry are clinically useful indicators of postural instability in older adults. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 10.1055/a-2135-7198. Advance online publication.

Cedras AM*, Moin-Darbari K*, Foisy K, Auger S, Nguyen D, Champoux F, Maheu M (2023). Questioning the impact of vestibular rehabilitation in mal de debarquement syndrome. Audiology & Neurotology. 29(2), 107–113.https://doi.org/10.1159/000533684.

Paquet N, Maheu M (2023). The unintentional body rotation with the Fukuda stepping test is not proportional to the number of steps. Hearing, Balance and Communication. 21(3), 178–184. https://doi.org/10.1080/21695717.2023.2188802.

Truong DQ, Guillen A, Nooristani M*, Maheu M, Champoux F, Datta A (2023). Impact of galvanic vestibular stimulation electrode current density on brain current flow patterns: Does electrode size matter? PloS one, 18(2), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone. 0273883.

Maheu M, Nooristani M*, Hullar TE, Peterka RJ (2022). Influence of predictability on saccade timing in a head impulse VOR suppression task. Experimental brain research. 240, 601–610 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-021-06302-6.

Wang YR, Bacon BA, Maheu M, Champoux F (2022). Oculomotor stimulation without visual input has no impact on postural control. Neuroreport. 33(1), 23–25. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0000000000001748.

Maheu M, Elblidi A, Saliba I (2021). Investigating Performance of cVEMP and oVEMP in the Identification of Superior Canal Dehiscence in Relation to Dehiscence Location and Size. Audiology research.11(3), 452–462. https://doi.org/10.3390/audiolres11030042.

Cedras AM*, Sharp A, Bacon BA, Champoux F, Maheu M (2021). Asymmetrical influence of bi-thermal caloric vestibular stimulation on a temporal order judgment task. Experimental brain research. 239(10), 3133–3141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-021-06201-w.

Moïn-Darbari K*, Lafontaine L, Bacon BA, Maheu M, Champoux F (2021). Vestibular status: A missing factor in our understanding of brain reorganization in the deaf. Cortex. 138, 311–317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.02.012.

Maheu M, Nooristani M*, Kaci B*, Moin-Darbari K*, Bacon BA, Champoux F (2021). The aging-related decrease in cVEMP amplitude cannot be accounted for by EMG Rectification. Journal vestibular research. 31(5), 375–380. https://doi.org/10.3233/VES-201515.

Nooristani M*, Bigras C, Lafontaine L, Bacon BA, Maheu M, Champoux F (2021). Vestibular function modulates the impact of nGVS on postural control in older adults. Journal of Neurophysiology.125(2), 489–495. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00512.2020.

Kaci B*, Nooristani M*, Maheu M (2020) Usefulness of video head impulse results in the identification of Meniere's Disease. Frontiers in Neurology. 11, 581527. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.581527.

Nooristani M, Maheu M, Houde MS, Bacon BA, Champoux F (2019). The influence of nGVS current density on postural control. Brain Stimulation. 12(6), 1592–1594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2019.07.022.

Nooristani M, Maheu M, Houde M-S, Bacon BA, Champoux F (2019). Questioning the lasting effect of galvanic vestibular stimulation on postural control. PlosOne. 14(11), e0224619. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224619.

Maheu M, Champoux F, Fuente A (2019). Acute vertigo in a patient with long term organic solvent exposure: importance of a comprehensive audio-vestibular test battery. American Academy of Audiology Journal. 31(5), 363–368. https://doi.org/10.3766/jaaa.19034.

Maheu M, Behtani L, Delcenserie A, Champoux F (2019). Vestibular function modulates the benefit of hearing aids in people with hearing loss during static postural control. Ear and Hearing. 40(6), 1418–1424. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000720.

Sharp A, Houde MS, Maheu M, Ibrahim I, Champoux F (2019). Improved tactile frequency discrimination in muscians. Experimental Brain Research.237(6),1575–1580. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-019-05532-z.

Maheu M, Behtani L, Nooristani M, Jemel B, Delcenserie A, Champoux F (2019). Influence of dance training on challenging postural task. Gait and Posture.  69, 31–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.01.015.